January 5th

Blessed Francis Peltier and Companions, Martyrs of Angers

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Angers, France · d. 1794

At Angers in France, Blessed Francis Peltier, James Ledoyen, and Peter Tessier, priests and martyrs, who during the French Revolution, having kept the priesthood for the faithful, were beheaded.

Latin Original

Andégavi in Gállia, beatórum Francísci Peltier, Iacóbi Ledoyen et Petri Tessier, presbyterórum et mártyrum, qui in gállica perturbatióne, cum sacerdótium fidéles servavíssent, decolláti sunt.